This report is centered around three research questions on newspaper coverage and executive compensation in The Netherlands. 1) How has the coverage developed over the years? 2) How selective are newspapers in their coverage? And 3) What are the influences of newspaper coverage on executive...

Nowadays, there is no need to say that organizational effectiveness is important. In today's competitive world, consultants and academics propose new bases to enhance the effectiveness and performance of organizations. In this paper, we have used two new approaches which have found significant...

The factors that determine firms' levels of internationalization remain a focal area of international business research. Within this research stream, studies building on the upper echelons theory have investigated the influence of the demographic characteristics of the top management team (TMT)...

With a growing focus on diversity within industries and mainstream societal expectations, corporations have a renewed interest in organizing their leadership to accommodate these pressures. The representation of female directors in firm management positions and top executive positions have been...

It has been readily accepted that prospective employees, including MBA students seeking jobs after graduation, put great stock in a potential employer's reputation – particularly that relating to its social responsibility and workplace practices. However, other than potentially biased results...

The escalation of commitment process involves a decision-maker continuing commitment to an investment after receiving negative information. This study develops a principal-agent model to explore how escalation decisions are linked with departures of CEOs from the position. With asymmetric...

In this research, I examine the presence of favoritism in promotion decisions for executives in large Korean conglomerate firms. More specifically, I test whether a promotion is more likely when an executive has an established (strong) social connection with the current supervisor who has real...